2014: Started 11 games for UMBC in his first
season with the team… Went 1-3 with a 3.34 earned run average
(ERA) while working a staff-high 62.0 innings… Posted a 1-1
record in seven road starts with a 2.20 ERA… Struck out 28
batters while issuing just nine walks… Held opponents to a
.252 batting average… Worked 7.0 innings, holding
weekend-host Coastal Carolina to one run on four hits on March 9 at
the Chanticleer Classic, but ultimately received a
no-decision… Tossed at least 6.0 innings in four of his first
five starts for the Retrievers… Earned his first career
victory with the program on April 13 after shutting out Albany in
New York for six innings and scattering seven hits… Pitched
9.0 innings on the final day of the season at Maine as UMBC
outlasted the host Black Bears, 2-1, in 12 innings…
Surrendered just one unearned run while allowing five hits and
fanning five batters.

2013: Sat out due to NCAA transfer
policy… Recognized on the America East Honor Roll.

Background: Made four appearances, including
one start, during his freshman year at the University of
Tennessee... Recorded three strikeouts while walking just two
batters for the Volunteers... A four-year letter winner at Fairfax
High... Earned All-District, All-Region, and All-Metro honors while
playing for the Rebels... Helped lead Fairfax to the 2011 district
tournament as a senior... As a junior he went 6-2 with a 1.70 ERA,
92 strikeouts, and 18 walks... Threw a two-hit shutout in the 2012
Liberty District Tournament to help Fairfax qualify for the
Northern Region tournament... Also a four-year letter winner in
wrestling, winning the Liberty District Championship as well as the
Northern Region Championship.

Personal: Son of Steve and Debbie Vanderplas...
Has three brothers - Samuel, Timothy, and Daniel - and three
sisters - Sarah, Abigail, and Esther...Father played football at
Washington University in St. Louis... Undecided in his major...
Born Sept. 1, 1992.